Even though it's not a Sunday yet (last day of my running week), I will have 0 miles for a second week in a row. Scheduled rest fo my body and mind after two successful marathons. But I am very excited that I start running this coming Monday.

I put in less miles this week because instead of today's long run, I ran a little 5k with big dog that was put on and for a local rescue group. The race was pretty low key and I am sure we were pretty slow (did not bother with a watch or Garmin), as it weaved along these little paths around a park that is only about 1.2 miles around, so we had lots of twists and turns, as well as rolling hills. The timing was old school so they are still working through the numbers, but I do know I was the second female (so clearly a VERY uncompetitive race), my girl was the 3rd dog (1st dog with a female runner) and we had a lot of fun with all the other doggies. Other than that I spent a lot of time on the trails this week and although several of my runs were only 5 mile shorties, due to the elevation gain of around 1,200 feet on those routes, the time on feet was comparable to 7ish mile road runs and a tougher effort than an easy 7 mile road run. Next week will be one of adjustment as tomorrow I begin Nursing school and the long exhausting days that come with that endeavor. It will probably take me a few weeks to figure out when I can realistically get my running in and in 6 weeks things will get tougher with back-to-back 12 hour clinical days on top of classroom days and homework/studying, so more adjusting will be necessary.

My first Tri. My swim and transitions need a lot of work, but I had a very good bike leg and one of the fastest run times at the event (ran 5 miles in 31 minutes after coming off the bike). Overall, really pleased with today. Now I'm motivated for the Vineman 70.3 triathlon in July.

BTW, the triathlons are a summer diversion and cross training for me. After July I start training for the Long Beach Marathon.

Good luck with Day 1 of Nursing school Radi...and of course all that follows!

M: 6m

T: 6m

W: 6m

Th: rest

F: 5m

S: 4m

Sun: 12m

Total = 39 miles

I never put my paces in because I am too lazy. I did get more than the usual in terms of tempo...that was nice. I need to get more core work in...only did 2 days. I'm gonna get flabby if I don't step it up.

Sun - 13.75 miles (including 8.00 miles @ 7:38/mile, faster than I should have gone and this needs to be my last harder effort run leading up to M2B Marathon next Sunday...started with an 8:50 opening mile but then, as is typical for me, ran too hard for the remainder).

Total: 68.55 miles. I'm literally running twice as many miles coming into this year's Mountains To Beach Marathon as I was coming into last year's version of the race. I hope this allows me to shave 15 minutes off last year's 3:43 and I am down 7 or 8 pounds from where I was last year, as well, for this race.

Crosstraining is but a distant memory...just don't have the time and given that the earliest the classes start at my gym is 5pm on weekdays and that I am usually home by 5:30pm these days to give my DW a break with our baby, it doesn't look like I'll be doing much crosstraining anytime soon. But, I should start doing some things at home like pushups and planks but nothing before the San Francisco Marathon.

This was a mileage increase from the last few weeks so I just kept things slow and easy for the most part, focusing on making sure I'm getting adequate recovery. I'm still not totally 'in control' of the 15-milers -- while I can do a little workout, it's by no means easy to generate pace late in the run.

Started as a seeded athlete for the first time, which was pretty cool (though I felt a bit out of place), getting to see the elites warming up and starting with the speedy folks and the fast centipedes (stayed with the 2nd place female centipede for half a mile, but figured maintaining a 6:30 pace would not behoove me)!

total: 35.04 miles

Struggled at the start of the week, but good closing and made my goal of a sub 1 hr B2B (and a 4 + minute PR in the process). Will work on hills a bit over the next couple weeks before SFM and work on mild mileage bump.

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